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Virginia B. Machovec, a retired city public school cafeteria cashier and longtime hospital volunteer, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. She was 92. The daughter of a Cross Street Market worker and a homemaker, Virginia Baxter Edwards was born and raised in South Baltimore, where she graduated from Southern High School. In 1947, she married Lawrence J. Machovec Sr., a highly decorated World War II veteran who later became a Baltimore police officer.

Virginia B. Machovec, a retired city public school cafeteria cashier and longtime hospital volunteer, died Wednesday of pneumonia at Baltimore Washington Medical Center. She was 92. The daughter of a Cross Street Market worker and a homemaker, Virginia Baxter Edwards was born and raised in South Baltimore, where she graduated from Southern High School. In 1947, she married Lawrence J. Machovec Sr., a highly decorated World War II veteran who later became a Baltimore police officer.

A cashier at a High's store in Brooklyn Park thwarted a knife-wielding assailant's robbery attempt Sunday when she refused to give in to his demands, county police said.A man wearing a white bandanna over his face walked into the store in the 700 block of Church St. at 10:40 p.m., police said. He pointed a knife at the cashier and told her to give him all the money in the register.The cashier refused and called out to a fellow employee for help. The suspect drove away in a white car, police said.

Looking for the public's help identifying two individuals who robbed and assaulted a convenience store cashier at gunpoint in Laurel on Friday, Prince George's County police released Wednesday a gripping surveillance tape of the encounter. (Scroll down to view the video, or click here .) The video begins about 1:07 a.m., just before a masked suspect becomes visible in the store in the 15000 block of Sweitzer Lane, suddenly leaps onto the cashier's counter and squeezes through a small window to gain access to the cashier's booth.

A man wearing a hooded jacket and apparently carrying a weapon hit the cashier of a Taylorsville convenience store about 2:40 a.m. Friday and robbed the store of an undisclosed amount of money.State police in Westminster said the robber walked into the 7-Eleven store in the 4200 block of Ridge Road brandishing an object.He struck the cashier on the head.The robber ran to a compact car and escaped with the money.Police said they believe the car may have been driven by an accomplice.Police did not release the name of the cashier, who was taken to the Carroll County General Hospital and released after treatment.

An Annapolis man was robbed as he attempted to pay a gas station cashier in the 2200 block of Bay Ridge Ave. about 12:30 a.m. Monday, city police said yesterday.Phillip Frederick Meyers, 53, said that he had just finished pumping gas and had walked up to the cashier's window, when another man approached and demanded the $10 in his hand. When he refused, the man placed a sharp object against Mr. Meyer's ribs, took the money and left.POLICE LOG* Annapolis: Burglars smashed the side window of the Carpet Queen store in the 1900 block of West Street about 1:30 a.m. yesterday and stole at least six Pakistani and Indian carpets, all valued at $2,700.

Edith Elizabeth Backman, a retired cashier at the old Colonial Pharmacy in Northwest Baltimore, died of heart failure Wednesday at the home of a daughter in Fernandina Beach, Fla., where she had lived for three years. She was 78.She retired three years ago after working at the pharmacy, on Reisterstown Road near the city-Baltimore County line, as a cashier for more than 36 years. She lived in the Colonial Village area near the pharmacy.A native of Indiana, the former Edith McDonaldson married William Raymond Backman in 1942; he died in 1950.

A gunman robbed the Amoco gas station in the 7000 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Blvd. shortly before 2 p.m. yesterday, police said.The man had picked up a candy bar from a display and approached a cashier with a dollar bill, police said. He then pulled open his long green coat and showed the cashier the butt of a dark-colored pistol tucked in his waistband.The gunman gave the cashier a yellow plastic bag and told the cashier to empty the cash register. The cashier complied, then gave the bag back to the gunman.

A Mass of Christian burial for Dorothy M. Lantry, who had been chief cashier at a Baltimore store before moving to Vero Beach, Fla., will be offered at 11 a.m. today at St. Helen's Roman Catholic Church in Vero Beach.Mrs. Lantry, who was 77, died Tuesday at a Vero Beach hospital after a heart attack.The former Dorothy McEnaney was born in Baltimore and graduated from St. Martin's High School.She worked at The Hub at Charles and Fayette streets before moving to Florida in 1963.Her husband, Bernard C. Lantry, died in 1984.

Joanna M. Nicolay, a homemaker and former department store cashier, died of cancer Thursday at Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. She was 71 and lived in Finksburg. She was born Joanna Linn in Baltimore and raised in Walbrook. After graduation from Seton High School in 1950, she went to work for the old Hub department store at Charles and Baltimore streets. She was later promoted to head cashier of the store, which was owned by the Hecht Co. Mrs. Nicolay, who also modeled for Hecht Co. fashion shows, left Hub in 1956 to raise her family.

Ada Althea Gettier, a homemaker and former cashier, died Saturday of Alzheimer's disease at Bethania Home Care, a Westminster assisted-living facility. She was 90. Ada Althea Burke was born in Baltimore and raised in Ednor Gardens. She attended city public schools, leaving in the eighth grade to help support her family. She was married in 1941 to Donald Edward Stallings, a Cloverland Farms milkman who died in 1973. During the 1960s, Mrs. Gettier worked as a cashier at the Colts Lanes in Woodlawn, and from 1970 until 1980, she was a cashier at Social Security Administration headquarters in Woodlawn.

Charles L. Schelberg, a retired Eastern Shore banker and a World War II veteran who served with the Navy in the Pacific, died June 19 of pneumonia at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Queenstown resident was 86. Mr. Schelberg was born in Wilmington, Del., and raised in Towson, where he graduated in 1942 from Towson High School. He attended Washington College for a year before enlisting in the Navy in 1943. Mr. Schelberg was a seaman assigned to the destroyer escort USS Abercrombie, where he was a member of an anti-aircraft gun crew and performed damage-control duties.

The owner of a Laurel gas station struggled with, then shot and killed a man who attempted to rob his store early Tuesday, police said. About 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, police responded to a report of a robbery in the 3400 block of Laurel Fort Meade Road at a Quest gas station that is also the site of a Dunkin' Donuts and a Baskin Robbins ice cream store. The station is located on a busy street lined with shops and strip malls. Based on a preliminary investigation, police said they believe a man entered the store, implied that he had a weapon and demanded money.

Olney-based Sandy Spring Bank warned Wednesday that counterfeit cashier's checks bearing the institution's name and routing number are in circulation. The company has notified the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a government corporation that guarantees bank deposits, of the counterfeit checks. The checks use the bank's routing number – 055001096 – and display an inaccurate security feature. According to Sandy Spring, the fake checks display a security feature statement embedded in a darkened top border and along the bottom border, between two padlock icons.

Charles William "Billy" Stroh, a retired grocery store cashier and Vietnam War veteran, died of cardiac arrest Aug. 20 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 61. Mr. Stroh was born in Baltimore and raised in Sparks. He was a 1967 graduate of Dulaney High School. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served with the infantry in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969, when he was honorably discharged. His decorations included the National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.

With so many major issues confronting our country, it may seem silly to care about such a small issue - but as a farm girl, I understand the potential a seed has. My concern is simple, it's local, and it affects people in their neighborhoods: It is the disappearance of checkout clerks in grocery stores and box stores. I have refused to use "self-checkout" at stores since it first appeared. First, I do not wish to train to be a cashier (clearly it's a job without much of a future). Second, I am not offered a discount to do so. And most important, by using self-checkout, I effectively would cut the hours of work available to people in my community.

Helen J. Johnson, a retired Montgomery Ward head cashier, died of cancer Saturday at a son's Towson home. She was 81. Born and raised in Wallace, W.Va., Helen Jean White was a 1940 graduate of Strayer's Business College in Washington. During World War II, she was employed by Western Union in Washington, where she was also a Civil Defense aircraft spotter. From 1966 until retiring in 1981, she was head cashier at the Montgomery Ward store in the old Eudowood Plaza shopping center. In 1943, she married Earl F. Johnson, former regional manager for Otis Elevator Co., who died in 1995.

Charles William "Billy" Stroh, a retired grocery store cashier and Vietnam War veteran, died of cardiac arrest Aug. 20 at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 61. Mr. Stroh was born in Baltimore and raised in Sparks. He was a 1967 graduate of Dulaney High School. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Army and served with the infantry in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969, when he was honorably discharged. His decorations included the National Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal and Vietnam Campaign Medal.

;(lines=ql);cl9.5;(dclead=(((4)*(clines) )+190));(adjcl=dclead/10);(psize=adjcl*1 38);(dcptsize=psize/10);(adj=dcptsize/33 );cf21,(dcptsize),(dclead);ec8,Q,capQ;ec7,1,cap2Dorothy E. Brown, who kept the cash register ringing and customers happy during her nearly 60 years of working at the landmark Haussner's Restaurant, died Friday of complications from an infection at Genesis Eldercare Heritage Center in Dundalk. The longtime Highlandtown resident was 84. "We had 400,000 customers a year and Dorothy knew 300,000 of them," said Frances Haussner George, daughter of founders William Henry and Frances Wilke Haussner, who operated the venerable Highlandtown restaurant with her husband, Steve, until its closing in 1999.